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Monday, Aug 30, 2021“Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth.”
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher.
(1813 - 1855)
Friday, Aug 27, 2021“Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.”
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
French Catholic Discalced Carmelite nun & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1873 - 1897)
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021“Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace in the world.”
Saint Teresa of Calcutta (aka Mother Teresa)
Foundress of the Missionaries of Charity.
(1910 - 1997)
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021“A soul which does not practice the exercise of prayer is very like a paralyzed body which, though possessing feet and hands, makes no use of them.”
Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Italian bishop, artist, poet, lawyer, philosopher, theologian, Founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer and One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1696 - 1787)
Tuesday, Aug 24, 2021“Our carefully constructed system of checks and balances is being negated by the rise of a fourth branch, an administrative state of sprawling departments and agencies that govern with increasing autonomy and decreasing transparency.”
Jonathan Turley
American attorney, legal scholar and professor.
(1961 - present)
Monday, Aug 23, 2021“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'”
Brian Tracy
Canadian-American motivational public speaker and self-development author.
(1944 - present)
Friday, Aug 20, 2021“In the designs of Providence there are no mere coincidences.”
Saint John Paul II
riest, Bishop, Cardinal & Servant of the Servants of God.
(1920 - 2005)
Thursday, Aug 19, 2021“The new philosophies and new religions and new social systems cannot draw up their own plans for emancipating mankind without still further enslaving mankind.”
G.K. Chesterton
Arguably the greatest thinker & writer of the 20th century. He defended "the common man", common sense, the poor, the family, beauty, Christianity & the Catholic Faith.
(1874 - 1936)
Wednesday, Aug 18, 2021“Even when God's will does not correspond to your own desires, it is always beneficial for you.”
Saint Arnold Janssen
German-Dutch priest and founder of the Society of the Divine Word.
(1837 - 1909)
Tuesday, Aug 17, 2021“Preserve the warmth of the family, because the warmth of the whole world cannot make up for it.”
Saint Charbel Makhlouf, O.L.M.
Lebanese Maronite priest and monk.
(1828 - 1898)
Monday, Aug 16, 2021“Enjoy the little things in life because one day you`ll look back and realize they were the big things.”
Kurt Vonnegut
American writer.
(1922 - 2007)
Friday, Aug 13, 2021“Gratitude is the first sign of a thinking, rational creature.”
Blessed Solanus Casey O.F.M. Cap
American priest and friar.
(1870 - 1957)
Wednesday, Aug 11, 2021“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them, every day begin the task anew.”
Saint Francis de Sales
French Friar, Bishop and One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1567 - 1622)
Tuesday, Aug 10, 2021“Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true.”
John Keats
English poet.
(1795 - 1821)
Monday, Aug 09, 2021“Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.”
Henry Ward Beecher
American clergyman and social reformer.
(1813 - 1887)
Friday, Aug 06, 2021“Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be, and becoming that person.”
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
French Catholic Discalced Carmelite nun & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1873 - 1897)
Thursday, Aug 05, 2021“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.”
Horace Walpole
English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and politician.
(1717 - 1797)
Wednesday, Aug 04, 2021“Love that leads to marriage is a gift from God and a great act of faith toward other human beings.”
Saint John Paul II
Priest, Bishop, Cardinal & Servant of the Servants of God.
(1920 - 2005)
Tuesday, Aug 03, 2021“Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.”
Saint John of the Cross
Spanish mystic, poet & One of the Thirty-Six Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1542 - 1591)
Monday, Aug 02, 2021“Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.”
Satchel Paige
American professional baseball player.
(1906 - 1982)
